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R,W&RB Poor Henry

Disclaimer - I wrote this based on one line from the movie - "He sat me down on my eighteenth birthday and told me not to let any selfish desires I may be harbouring reflect poorly on the crown."

I do not have any rights to R,W&RB or its characters.

Henry's pov

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He sat me down on my eighteenth birthday and told me . . .

"You are not to let any selfish desires you may be harbouring reflect poorly on the crown, Henry. Do you understand?"

Dread washed up through my body. What had Grandpa heard? Did he know? I took a deep breath to try to steady myself. "I hear things. Henry. Just because you're out of sight . . " Grandpa was speaking in that almost melodic voice that always meant business. It was far better if he shouted. I didn't - couldn't - answer for fear of incriminating myself. Grandpa took my slience as confirmation anyway. "I am aware of the Palace being informed of . . misdemeanours . . necessitating in several visits to your school in the past year." Grandpa lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply, "Several visits, Henry." I sat still, hands on my knees, only my eyes following Grandpa as he paced the room. "It appears that you have a problem, Henry, in . . um . . in . ." Grandpa sighed, "In matters of a personal nature." He said quickly, grimacing at the words he'd just uttered. Grandpa walked to the far end of the room and stared out of the window. I waited in silence, willing my stomach to stop churning. "Were you younger, it would be better, would it not, to send you to another school?" I jumped as Grandpa's voice broke the slience. "But, Henry, as you only have a few months left, it would be pointless." I held in a sigh of relief that was replaced by another wave of dread. Exactly what did Grandpa know? Was he expecting a confession? "Six occasions in one year." Grandpa sounded disappointed, "Six." I deliberately looked down at the floor. He only knew of six? Grandpa paced off to the far end of the room again. He returned to stand directly behind the sofa I was sitting on. This, more than anything, unnerved me. I could feel panic rising and had to focus on keeping my breathing steady. "Your school work, fortunately, is not suffering." I jumped again at Grandpa's voice, "It seems, though, Henry, that your interest in the rugby team that you play for, and the cricket pavilion, a sport for which you show no interest, have become frequently visited by you . . . and . . and a select few of your . . team mates." He paused for what seemed like a year, "I don't want to know specific details, Henry, but I can guess what pasttimes you may be pursuing." I could feel my face burning and realised I was holding my breath. Christ! He knew! He left the space behind the sofa and paced over to the drinks cabinet where he lifted the heavy stopper to a bottle. I heard splashing as he poured the liquor into a glass and then the clink of the stopper being replaced. I felt sick. "Do you imagine what shame it would bring on the crown if your pursuits were to become public knowledge, Henry?" I didn't move. I didn't dare. "Your . . um . . university offers. Do you suppose that you may consider accepting a place within commutable distance of a residence? Cambridge, for example? So that you could reside in a residence, rather than in university halls? . . .Hmm? To um . . keep you out of harms way . ." "Grandpa, I've accepted York." I managed. "Hmm . . Nevertheless . . . we shall see." I heard him approach. A cut crystal glass of a dark spirit appeared in front of my face. I took it with shaking hands. "Happy birthday, Henry." Grandpa said, clinking the glasses together, "I repeat. You are not to let any selfish desires you may be harbouring reflect poorly on the crown, Henry. Do you understand?"

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Stephen Fry and husband Elliott Spencer

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FOUND THIS ON TWITTER

NYC - Anyone got room for a 2 year old dog with lots of love to give??

https://twitter.com/i/status/1330381839375216640

Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann · 11h

RILEY QUINN #77822 DIES TOMORROW, aged 2, unless we rescue her from @NYCACC.  She’s timid and scared, but as the video shows, loving and trainable. Needs pledges via @TomJumboGrumbo to find her the family and stability she deserves. PLEASE RT RILEY. https://facebook.com/mldsavingnycdogs/photos/a.1363025130550420/1412542912265308/?type=3

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I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isn’t a joke, and neither is someone’s life. If you didn’t know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.

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you don’t have to cancel everyone the second they misstep or do something dumb but you also DON’T have to defend everything that your fave does. you can say “hey this particular thing sucked” without getting into this all-or-nothing mentality. you are not an extension of the things you like. you can think freely and criticize the things (and people) that you like, and a criticism of something you like is not something that you should take personally or feel the need to correct/defend.

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America’s first leaders.

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damn this tea scalded me

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The Shawshank Redemption - Chile Rose style

I’ve had a female Chile Rose tarantula for around 12 years. 

She’s lived in the same enclosure for all that time.

Recently, I discovered she’d pulled out some of the plastic bars from the roof of her tank. I patched up the hole with tape, sticking some back-to-back so her feet wouldn’t get stuck.

I was doing the water dishes for my T’s last night and I couldn’t see her. She’s old, so my first thought was that she’d died. I took the lid off the tank and checked all her tubes and her hidey hole under the cork bark. 

No spider.

There was, however, the length of tape, lying in the middle of the tank. And several more bars are missing.

I now imagine her planning her escape, Shawshank Redemption style.

The search begins tomorrow. I figure she’s in the kitchen somewhere as the door is shut for quite a bit of the day. I’m hoping she’s behind the cooker. I’ll keep you posted if you’re interested.

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Stephen Fry’s husband Elliott Spencer takes the best photos of Stephen.

Helps if you’re in love with your photographer, I guess.

So glad that Elliott is credited publicly for this shot.

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Empty bookcases

Anyone else get freaked out if you go into someone’s home that, not only appears to have no books*, but what should be a bookcase is used for storing ornaments and shit?

*How can you have no books??? 

What do you DO with yourselves??

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Boost my Friends

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Adult content - A mystery

So, tumblr no longer allows adult content.

How do they find adult content on blogs?

It can’t be a machine.

So I’m guessing a team of humans go through the blogs and delete all “guideline unfriendly” material.

What happens to the removed material??

I have an image in my head of a large team of (mostly) men, removing the “unsuitable” material and then having a mighty wank fest over the pics.

Do they dispose of these pics immediately?

Or do they keep them in a file for “future reference”?

Shares in Kleenex, one wonders?

Also tumblr - I’m big, old and ugly enough to decide for myself what I want to look at.

It would have been so much easier to have a tumblr for grown ups

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Anniversary wishes. . .

Today is the 4th Wedding anniversary of Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer.

Congratulations to them both! 

I have noticed quite a few messages from well wishers (including some self-confessed ardent fans), and find that some of these anniversary greetings are directed solely at Stephen and do not mention his husband, Elliott, at all. 

You wouldn’t congratulate just one of your friends on their anniversary, you’d congratulate both, or not at all.

So why not direct the greeting to the pair of them?

They’re married!